First Post

1. I quite enjoy writing electronically and I actually hope to use my studies at Kent as a magazine journalism major to get a job as a blogger someday. I first started blogging, actually, before Myspace was even popular on a site now long forgotten - does anyone remember Xanga? I've also used email, IM, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr for personal use. I've blogged for school as well, in both high school and college. My high school's advanced English classes were applied communications, so we had to make videos, blogs and pod casts. More recently, I adapted my 12 page paper required for my FYE class into a blog, blocking it to be easier to read, adding pictures and links. I also had to make a blog project for Media Writing.

2. My writing does change when I write electronically. It becomes more conversational, using contractions like "I'm" with out even realizing it. This is more than acceptable in blogs or on Facebook, but not so much in academic writing, unfortunately. It's interesting, though, that most people feel that they type a lot faster than they write, but I don't feel that way. I think I take more time thinking about what I'm saying and looking over it to make sure it's right when I type than when I write, which takes longer.